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7. We are an oil exporting country correct?? So when our gas prices go up, it's because oil producers

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:58 PM

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are selling to the highest bidder on the open market rather than using here?

Possible to stop exporting and require use for US consumers? Or just let the oil companies take advantage of war and sell at highest global prices?

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